HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. ‚It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.‘ Austen's best-loved tale of love, marriage and ..

The Aeneid is Virgil's Masterpiece. His epic poem recounts the story of Rome's legendary origins from the ashes of Troy and proclaims her destiny of world dominion. This optimistic vision is accompanied by an undertow of sadness at the price that mus ..

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics."Greedily she engorged without restraint, And knew not eating death"Milton's Paradise Lost is a poem of epic proportions that tells of Satan's attempts to mislead E ..

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Alas that mortals Should blame the gods! From us, they say, All evils come. Yet they themselves It is who through defiant deeds Bring sorrow on them-far more sorrow T ..

Each of these short stories was written specifically for Christmas. They combine concern for social ills with the myths and memories of childhood and traditional Christmas spirit-lore. The stories include A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Battle of Life and The Cricket on the Hearth.

Democracy in America is a classic of political philosophy. Hailed by John Stuart Mill and Horace Greely as the finest book ever written on the nature of democracy, it continues to be an influential text on both sides of the Atlantic, above all in the ..

A grain in the balance will determine which individual shall live and which shall die…'. Darwin's theory of natural selection issued a profound challenge to orthodox thought and belief: no being or species has been specifically created; all are loc ..

Jane Austen teased readers with the idea of a ‚heroine whom no one but myself will much like‘, but Emma is irresistible. ‚Handsome, clever, and rich‘, Emma is also an ‚imaginist‘, ‚on fire with speculation and foresight‘. She sees the signs of ro ..

Jude Fawley is a rural stone mason with intellectual aspirations. Frustrated by poverty and the indifference of the academic institutions at the University of Christminster, his only chance of fulfilment seems to lie in his relationship with his unco ..

George Orwell is a difficult author to summarize. He was a would-be revolutionary who went to Eton, a political writer who abhorred dogma, a socialist who thrived on his image as a loner, and a member of the Imperial Indian Police who chronicled the ..

Tom Sawyer, a shrewd and adventurous boy, is as much at home in the respectable world of his Aunt Polly as in the self-reliant and parentless world of his friend Huck Finn. The two enjoy a series of adventures, accidentally witnessing a murder, estab ..

Silvye ha ventisette anni, una madre asfissiante e sogna solo una vita normale, con un lavoro normale. Ma la verità è che la sua vita è tutto meno che normale perché… è una truffatrice. Sì, una truffatrice, figlia di una truffatrice che l'ha istrui ..